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Soy

noun

A source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food. Synonyms: soya bean, soybean.

Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia. Synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant.

Thin sauce made of fermented soy beans. Synonym: soy sauce.

The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein). Synonyms: soya, soya bean, soybean.

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"Soy" Quotes from Famous Books

... evidently a fine summer's night. Master Francis carried a mantle, like a prudent man, to keep him from the dews (SERAIN), and had a sword below it dangling from his girdle. So these three dallied in front of St Benoit, taking their pleasure (POUR SOY ESBATRE). Suddenly there arrived upon the scene a priest, Philippe Chermoye or Sermaise, also with sword and cloak, and accompanied by one Master Jehan le Mardi. Sermaise, according to Villon's account, which is all we have to go upon, ...

— Familiar Studies of Men & Books • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Soy" : legume, genus Glycine, bean, edible bean, soybean meal, condiment, glycine, leguminous plant, field soybean